Mexican Dish Idea's

I need to make a dish for Sunday dinner with a Mexican theme, Problem is everyone who will be there is used to "Americanized" ethnic foods, their idea of going out for Mexican is Taco bell... Ok.. maybe not that bad ...but the one time I brought tamale's, no one know how to eat them.. and were stumped on why they couldn't chew through the corn husk...

I was thinking of making some Adobo Mole with chicken.. or pork carnitas.

How about Sopes? They can be filled with a variety of items, from the mundane to the exotic. A few ideas would be chorizo and potatoes, chicken in mole, carnitas, mashed plantains with crema, Americanized ground beef (taco meat), carne asada. The list is endless.

Why didn't you just explain to them how to eat it? Really, I don't understand what the problem is. If there is some part of the dish that is not eaten, simply say that. Problem solved. You don't need to ''play it safe'', simply educate them if necessary. Simply prepare any Mexican food that you find interesting and they either like it or not. What's the point of trying to cook ''authentic'' Mexican food if you have to dumb it down to their tastes. In that case, you can just all order Taco Bell, I don't see a difference there.